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Les Vessenots in Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Vessenots in Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This landscape of ‘Les Vessenots,’ on the outskirts of Auvers, shows a group of old country cottages placed just below a raised…

Rue à Rouen (1884)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Rue à Rouen (Street in Rouen) 1884 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Street in Rouen is one of the most ambitious — and largest —landscapes painted by Gauguin while living in this town…

L’église de Chatou (1909)

Derain, André (1880-1954) L’église de Chatou (The Church of Chatou) 1909 Oil on panel, 33 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection In the first years of the 20th century, André Derain and his friend…

Paysage aux environs de Chatou (1904-1905)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage aux environs de Chatou (Landscape around Chatou) 1904–1905 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 65.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection When in September 1904 Derain was discharged from his military service, he…

Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (1874)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (Moonrise on the Banks of the River Oise) 1874 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 67.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection The river Oise was one of Daubigny‘s favourite…

Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes (c.1509-1510)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…

The Nymph at the Fountain (1530-1534)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph at the Fountain c.1530–1534 Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach was among the most important 16th-century German painters. His oeuvre includes religious compositions as…

La maison grise (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La maison grise (The Grey House) 1917 Oil on canvas, 68 x 74 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Grey House is one of a series of canvases painted by Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk, during the First…

L’étang dans la forêt (c.1867-1868)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) L’étang dans la forêt (The Pond in the Forest) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 41.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas‘ reputation as a painter of the modern human form had completely eclipsed that of the landscapist, and…

Le dégel à Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le dégel à Vétheuil (The Thaw at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Thaw at Vétheuil forms part of the series of canvases painted by Claude Monet at the time when…